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Bikesportnz Posted on October 6, 2026 by EditorOctober 6, 2026

Riders aged between 4-11 years bashed handlebars in the series of high-intensity races at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.Riders aged between 4-11 years bashed handlebars in the series of high-intensity races at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on October 5, 2026 by EditorOctober 5, 2026

Team Belgium celebrates MXoN success in 2026. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.A typical hillside full of eager fans at Ernee, in France, and some of the most passionate racing ever seen, produced another memorable weekend as the 79th edition of the FIM Motocross of Nations saw an historic win for Team Belgium.

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Bikesportnz Posted on October 4, 2026 by EditorOctober 6, 2026

The racing was intense throughout all the various classes at the 2024 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals near Tokoroa at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comA heady mix of bravery, tenacity and talent in equal measures were on show at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 30, 2026 by EditorSeptember 30, 2026

Huntly’s Tessa Slater (bike No.102, left) is seen here battling Whakatane’s Cooper Whyte (No.71) in this recent mini motocross event and they will likely face one another again in the 4-7 years Intro Trail 50cc class in Tokoroa this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comDon’t let the size of these racers fool you. Their hearts are huge and their desire and determination perhaps even greater than that.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 22, 2026 by EditorSeptember 22, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda), right, alongside 2026 MX2 world champion Guillem Farres (Triumph), from Spain. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.With memories of last year’s downpour still fresh, there were no weather issues this time for the MXGP of Australia as the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex near Darwin was bathed in bright sunshine for the whole of the day on Sunday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 14, 2026 by EditorSeptember 14, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class in China at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing. The MXGP of China, the 18th round of 19 in the 2026 FIM World Motocross Championships, was run in humid conditions in Shanghai’s Oriental Beauty Valley and that made it tough for the riders.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 30, 2026 by EditorAugust 30, 2026

New Zealand’s Cole Davies (Yamaha), on top in the United States this season. Photo courtesy MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc. History never repeats … or does it? A dig into the motocross archives certainly makes for some interesting reading.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 25, 2026 by EditorAugust 25, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Arnhem, in The Netherlands, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The blue skies were painted orange at the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden near Arnhem as the MXGP of The Netherlands hosted the final European round of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 24, 2026 by EditorAugust 24, 2026

Chance Hymas [#29] seized the moment in Moto 2 and turned the holeshot into his first overall victory of the season, setting a new record for parity. MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc.Australian Hunter Lawrence dominated at Budds Creek in the United States at the weekend to reclaim the points lead and set up a winner-takes-all US and world championship showdown with his younger brother Jett Lawrence.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 18, 2026 by EditorAugust 18, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Uddevalla, in Sweden, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The Glimminge Motorstadion circuit, near the town of Uddevalla in south-western Sweden, was barely visible as thousands of fans in horned headwear gathered to cheer on their heroes at the MXGP of Sweden.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 17, 2026 by EditorAugust 17, 2026

Casey Cochran [#59] led in Moto 1 early but crashed out of the race, which allowed NZ’s Cole Davies [#37] to lead before eventually giving way to Levi Kitchen [#47]. Photo courtesy MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc.The weekend’s Pro Motocross Champs in the US, at the Unadilla circuit, combined the ninth round of the MX series and round 26 of the 2026 SMX World Champs.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 15, 2026 by EditorAugust 15, 2026

Renowned rider from yesteryear, Tauranga’s Peter Ploen (Suzuki No.7), sure to be among the leaders at the 2026 Udderly Organic Grand National Vintage motocross in the South Island. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe countdown is on ahead of the 2026 Udderly Organic Grand National Vintage motocross in the South Island.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 4, 2026 by EditorAugust 4, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Lommel, in Belgium, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.In front of a record crowd of more than 40,000 fans that packed around the Stedelijk Motocrossterrain Lommel circuit, the MXGP elite battled with one of the most physically demanding tracks on the planet.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 28, 2026 by EditorJuly 28, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Loket at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The hot summer of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Champs continued at the weekend around the Loketske Serpentiny venue for the MXGP of Czech Republic, the 13th round of 19 in the series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 27, 2026 by EditorJuly 27, 2026

New Zealand’s Cole Davies [#37] grabbed the holeshot and carried on to a wire-to-wire victory. Australian Hunter Lawrence secured back-to-back victories and overall triumph in the United States at the weekend, while New Zealand’s Cole Davies made an emphatic return to the top of 250SMX class podium.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 20, 2026 by EditorJuly 20, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda) was the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Foxhills at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.Foxhills was resurrected at the weekend for its return to the FIM Motocross World Championship calendar, and the awesome atmosphere that was last seen 26 years ago was back.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 14, 2026 by EditorJuly 14, 2026

Australian Jett Lawrence has been sensational in his 450 AMA Pro Motocross career thus far. With his third overall 450cc class victory of the season, Australian Jett Lawrence is back in the lead in the United States.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 13, 2026 by EditorJuly 13, 2026

Club riders always get right behind their teams at the Battle of the Clubs event. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comIt was a coming together of epic proportions for New Zealand’s motocross elite on Saturday and it was all for a good cause.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 9, 2026 by EditorJuly 9, 2026

Club riders always get right behind their teams at the Battle of the Clubs motocross event. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comTeams racing of the highest order is set to light up the track at Taupo on Saturday as the venue once again hosts the popular annual Battle of the Clubs motocross event.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 6, 2026 by EditorJuly 6, 2026

A staggering 260 riders, representing 38 nations, descended on the wonderful Czech Republic countryside of Jinin, 130 kilometres south of Prague, to contest for the FIM World championship gold plates and all the glory that goes with them. The 2026 edition of the FIM Junior World Motocross championship is now in the history books and they will tell you it was an event to be long remembered.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 12, 2025 by EditorJanuary 11, 2025

Australian rider Daniel Sanders (KTM), leading the way in the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. After five of 12 stages, Australian KTM rider Daniel Sanders still leads the 2025 Dakar Rally in the Saudi Arabian desert, but only by a 15-minute margin.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 11, 2025 by EditorJanuary 10, 2025

Stilez Robertson (Triumph), ready to kick off his supercross campaign at Anaheim this weekend. A reshuffle was required ahead of the 2025 AMA SuperMotocross World Championship, but the factory Triumph squad will still be well represented at the opener in the USA this weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 10, 2025 by EditorJanuary 9, 2025

CAPTION: Motocross is a sport of relentless challenges, but few riders have faced adversity to the same horrifying degree as Germany’s Ken Roczen. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comMotocross is a sport of relentless challenges, but few riders have faced adversity to the same horrifying degree as Germany’s Ken Roczen.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 9, 2025 by EditorJanuary 11, 2025

Australian rider Daniel Sanders (KTM), leading the way in the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.Australian Daniel Sanders continues to lead the 2025 Dakar Rally in the Saudi Arabian desert, despite suffering a setback on stage three yesterday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 8, 2025 by EditorJanuary 7, 2025

Australian rider Daniel Sanders (KTM), leading the way in the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.Australian Daniel Sanders has won the ultra-challenging 48-hour chrono stage, extending his Dakar Rally lead to more than 12 minutes after two stages.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 7, 2025 by EditorJanuary 6, 2025

It’s that magical time of the year again when all of the elite motocross riders from this part of the world congregate near the small central North Island town of Woodville to race the iconic big annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comPerhaps New Zealand has its own Field Of Dreams and from the Hollywood film of that name came the phrase: “Build it and they will come …”

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 6, 2025 by EditorJanuary 5, 2025

Can multi-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez step it up another gear now that he’s moved on to the No.1 factory Ducati team for 2025?The 2025 MotoGP season is almost upon us, set to kick off in Thailand on March 2, and already title predictions are being made.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 4, 2025 by EditorJanuary 3, 2025

MXGP motocross world champion Jorge Prado will be racing in the United States this season. We guess he’s a serious contender and who would doubt that?Spanish MXGP world champion Jorge Prado will be racing in the United States this year and many believe he’ll be a contender there too.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 3, 2025 by EditorJanuary 2, 2025

Spain’s Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac Racing Ducati No.89) a first-time MotoGP world champion after sealing the 2024 title at Barcelona’s season finale.With changes coming concerning the size of bike engine sizes in MotoGP, manufacturers have been in talks to discuss managing costs ahead of the changes in 2027.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 2, 2025 by EditorJanuary 11, 2025

Honda’s defending Dakar Rally champion Ricky Brabec, prepared for the worst that the desert can throw at him. A new year heralds the start of the 2025 World Rally Raid Championship with the phenomenal Dakar Rally kicking off the arduous and tough five round season for the Monster Energy Honda HRC race team.

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Bikesportnz Posted on January 1, 2025 by EditorDecember 31, 2024

Multi-time motocross world champion Antonio Cairoli enjoyed taking the Ducati motocross bike for a blast. Nine-time Motocross World Champion Antonio Cairoli gave Ducati its MXGP World Championship debut in the Netherlands last season and says we can expect big things in 2025.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 31, 2024 by EditorDecember 30, 2024

German rider Manuel Lettenbichler, who won the Gold Grade overall at the Red Bull Romaniacs in Romania this year.Have you ever wondered how multi-time dirt bike champion Mani Lettenbichler would look on a KTM Rally bike? Well, here’s your chance to find out.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 30, 2024 by EditorDecember 29, 2024

The Officially Approved Teams (OAT) list for the 2025 motocross world championships. The organising body, Infront Moto Racing, is thrilled to unveil the Provisional Officially Approved Teams (OAT) list for the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 29, 2024 by EditorDecember 29, 2024

It was a sensational start to the 2024-25 road-racing season for Whakatane father-and-son team Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R No.92) and Tony Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R No.11) as they finished the three-round Suzuki International Series ranked No.1 and No.2 respectively in the premier Formula One/Superbikes class. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comA family that plays together stays together, or so they say, and what better example of that than Bay of Plenty father-and-son racing team Tony and Mitch Rees?

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 28, 2024 by EditorDecember 28, 2024

Britain’s Davey Todd (Suzuki RM-Z450 letter D) leads Whanganui’s Richie Dibben (Suzuki RM-Z450 No.1) around Whanganui’s famous Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The bikes are truly versatile and so are the riders, as Suzuki stalwart Richie Dibben has just demonstrated over the past few weeks of racing action.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 27, 2024 by EditorDecember 28, 2024

Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (bike No.92) cracked the ‘double’ once again, winning both the premier Formula one/Superbike class overall and taking the Robert Holden Memorial feature race win as well. He is congratulated here by visiting UK rider Davey Todd. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe 2024 Suzuki International Series wrapped up in style with fierce street racing on Whanganui’s world-famous Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 27, 2024 by EditorDecember 25, 2024

Spain’s Jorge Prado, the dominant figure on the MXGP scene this season. Photo by Alberto Lessmann. It was a really tough season on the MXGP scene in 2024 and every rider crowned champion had to work to earn it.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 26, 2024 by EditorDecember 28, 2024

Expect the crowds to flock to the blocked off public roads of Whanganui’s world-famous Cemetery Circuit today, all keen to witness first-hand the handlebar-to-handlebar racing that signs off the Suzuki International series for 2024. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comToday is the day we find out just who are the fastest and best motorcycle road-racers in this part of the world, particularly on the public streets of Whanganui.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 25, 2024 by EditorDecember 24, 2024

The Aprilia Tuareg Racing Team has sights set on defending the Africa Eco Race, kicking off on December 28 in Monte-Carlo. The Aprilia Tuareg Racing Team gears up to tackle the most eagerly awaited challenge of the year: The 2025 edition of the Africa Eco Race, which will start on December 28 in Monte-Carlo.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 24, 2024 by EditorDecember 23, 2024

The Supermoto class is sure to be a crowd favourite on the public streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day, especially if UK rider Davey Todd (Suzuki RM-Z450 letter D) and local hero Richie Dibben (Suzuki RM-Z450 No.1) have anything to do with it. This is an image from the Cemetery Circuit last season. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe population of Whanganui is set to explode in just two days’ time as the lower North Island city again hosts one of the most famous street fights in the world.

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